Destroyer The UBoat Hunter - Steam Game- Command a convoy escorts in battle

Started by Destraex, June 22, 2020, 10:14:13 AM

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Grim.Reaper


Destraex

So is everybody here in agreement that this game is a good one?
I came here to ask and I see somebody has already posted about it being half price.
Single player but pretty unique for what it is... am I thinking of a different game that is supposed to plug into a silent hunter kind of game in multiplayer hunts?
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Toonces

I think it's pretty fun.  It's unique.

It doesn't have any MP component, and I don't think (but don't know) that there is MP planned.  Obviously it would be epic if you could have human-controlled U-boats, but I haven't heard anything to indicate that's planned.  Nor MP with just destroyers.

Right now it's single, quick-action type missions.  There is a campaign planned, but not available.  The mission generator allows you to scale the size of the mission, so you can do anything from a one hour to multi-hour mission. 

It's hard to know whether or not you'll find it interesting.  Let me put it this way: it's a good game for what it is.  A campaign will make this a very good game. 

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Toonces

Hey fellas.  Just a head's up: the campaign for this game has been released.  I played with it just a bit, so I can't comment too much on it.  The campaign starts with a long cut scene as you take command of a destroyer.  The first mission is a "tutorial" type mission.  After that, you get 7 or 9 additional missions of increasing complexity, more merchants to escort, more destroyers to manage, etc.  I can't remember all the details.

Anyway, the game is now in its full-release state.  I think it's a fun game and worth a buy if you're into the subject matter.
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Gusington



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Tripoli

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Grim.Reaper

And still only $12 at greenman for anyone that still wants to get it

Gusington



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Grim.Reaper

Quote from: Gusington on December 27, 2023, 09:02:58 PM^I'd swear you had stock in the developer or something  :tophat:

Nope, just a friendly reminder, didn't even own it myself until yesterday.

Destraex

A friend of mine got this game for me yesterday. Was pretty excited to play it actually.
Did the tutorials in which I hit a uboat with depth charges and just went for a single mission right after.
Which resulted in me chasing all the uboats underwater and the convoy pushing away from them while they were underwater. A retreat but no opportunities to drop depth charges.

Really atmospheric and the game itself will be a nice challenge. It's got silent hunter V vibes about it, the art style etc. Everything can be done manually via the instruments if you wish. A very insightful look at DD operations for somebody who has not really played a DD simulator before.

I loved being able to look up from any instrument panel to see the crew all around as per the screenshots below.
One thing I noticed is that you do not seem to be able to man the AA guns, just the main guns.

I loved the movie Greyhound and have no problem whatsoever with somebody bothering to make a game to capitalise on it. Thank goodness somebody did.

Disclaimer: I got this game for free. lol.















































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jamus34

I believe this is part of this months (March) Humble Choice games. Granted the AAA title is shit (the new Saints Row).

Edit: although Nioh2 is a pretty solid second offering there along with a WH40k game.
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Toonces

This is a solid game that does exactly what the developers said it would do.  It's very, very well done!  I highly recommend it if you're interested in this type of warfare.
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Tripoli

I'll echo what Toonces says:  This is a fun game and captures the "Greyhound" vibe.  While the rate of Uboat sinkings in the game is far faster than it was historically (the Germans lost 0.378 Uboats/day over the war, as opposed to the 3-5 Uboats per hour you can kill in the game), the fact is that an absolutely accurate simulator of WWII ASW (termed "Awfully Slow Warfare" by its practitioners) would not be a lot of fun. Destroyer: U-boat Hunter  accurately portrays many on he procedures involved in WWII ASW, but makes the execution of them somewhat easier.  I highly recommend it.
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mbar

I bought Destroyer at early access release and saw a great game. It went 1.0 well after I last played. I've got to give this one another look.